What is the best way to obtain an onward flight ticket quickly for my travel to Thailand?

@Steve ******

Why? What is the logic? I understand there is liability to the airline if the passenger is refused entry by immigration for not having a visa when one is required but where is the liability if a passenger can enter visa exempt? There is no risk to the airline so what is the issue?

@Pete ******

Entry is always at the discretion of the individual immigration officer on the day. Even possessing a tourist visa doesn’t guarantee entry, neither does being able to enter visa exempt.

@Christopher **********

Agree, so how can the airline be liable for your return?

@Pete ******

Because you’re airside.

@Pete ******

The risk to the airline is that Thai Immigration can refuse entry without onward travel within 30 days if arriving visa exempt. Immigration will blame the airline for allowing the passenger to travel without the correct documentation.

@Steve ******

and using that logic even arriving with a visa, based on your history or the Immigration Officers mood he can still deny you entry. Therefore the airline would never carry anyone to Thailand. Using visa exempt the passenger HAS the correct documentation. Your argument makes no sense.

@Pete ******

He doesn't have the correct documentation without return or onward travel within 30 days.

@Pete ******

But that wouldn't be the airlines fault. Wake up!

@Pete ******

the point is that the onward ticket is required for entering visa exempt. It's that simple.

@Bart *************

I’ve flown to Thailand several times with only one way ticket

Never had a problem!

@Damien *******

not exactly understanding how that changes anything but thanks for the information I guess.

@Bart *************

True. Swiss for example doesn't always check, but if they do you will not be allowed to board without a return or onward ticket!

@Bart *************

complete bollocks, Lufthansa, KLM, Austria Airlines, Swiss Airlines, Air France don’t give a monkeys if you travel to Thailand on a one way ticket. Speaking from experience, never an issue so it can not be these airlines policy.

@Pete ******

It's completely true, it's your comment that's complete bollocks! It's the policy of all airlines to ensure their passengers have the correct documentation to enter the destination country.

@Pete ******

sorry wuut? 🤣

What you say there is complete bullocks and you dare to say that of a fact that everyone in this group knows?! Dude 😅

Okay so here we go. Lufthansa, require onward ticket. KLM, require onward ticket. Swiss, no experience. Air France, no experience. But I do know this: they require an onward ticket too. Emirates, flew 6 times and then required it EVERY SINGLE TIME.

Okay so instead of going by a single experience when you weren't checked, which can always happen, how about looking up the requirements for entering Thailand? It doesn't really matter which airline you fly with because EVERY airline is supposed to check if your are eligible to enter before boarding. All. Every one of them. It's still a numbers game because the checks could compete with other tasks so indeed to may not get checked, but they absolutely require you to have it, in principle. All airlines.

@Bart *************

you are correct every Airline (not supposed) HAS to check your eligible for boarding. Visa exempt entry = eligible. Otherwise it would be impossible to fly one way into Thailand. And you and I both know you cannot make that statement. Thousands every month fly into Thailand without onward tickets.

Thanks for proving my point. Happy travels...

“Could” not will, not must but “could”. You also “could” be denied entry with a valid visa. My point is if it was a legal requirement then nobody could enter on a one way ticket and this is simply not the case.

Regina Mosimann lets have this conversation, why do airlines carry passengers to Thailand without having a return ticket?

@Pete ******

you know very well that an onward ticket is required and that whether or not you are actually checked is a numbers game.

So why do you say that nobody ever gets checked? That there is no chance? That Lufthansa has never in history done that (which I know from experience is false)?

@Bart *************

An onward ticket is not a requirement to enter Thailand. I give you an overzealous check in clerk may ask BUT they are not an immigration officer. Your argument insists that one way travel visa exempt is impossible. And that is simply not the case.

@Pete ******

you are just so wrong man. Why don't you look up the entry requirements for exemption from an official source? The onward ticket is definitely in there.

And where did I say that entering without an onward ticket is impossible? I'm saying it's an enforcement thing. Been saying that from the beginning. You on the other hand are saying that there is a 0% chance of getting checked because it is not an official requirement. I'll concur that there is not really a chance that immigrations will check it, but the second part of this statement is just incorrect.

@Bart *************

I refer to the IATA, an organisation that carriers check to confirm entry requirements. When entering your data there is a box “Do you have a return ticket”. Enter NO for travel to Thailand from UK and the answer you get is yes no problem you can enter Thailand with just a valid passport.

@Pete ******

I consulted this page various times so I knew for certain that you are once again wrong. I did it again to show you the below screenshot. And suggesting that if you post sources to make a point, better actually read those yourself at first. It's a bit of a dumb move to post a source that proves yourself wrong. (Not that it matters here because everyone in this group already knew you were wrong; you're contesting one of the most well-known facts about Thai entry rules. But up to you).

Here's the screenshot:

@Pete ******

The airline can deny boarding, even if you enter on visa exempt, without an onward ticket. This is not onheard of. I have been checked for onward travel twice.

@Regina *********

my point is why?

@Pete ******

Just google your question..

@Chris ********************

I just sent you a link.